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vulturevul‧ture /ˈvʌltʃə $ -ər/ noun [countable]1HBBa large bird that eats dead animals2BAD PERSONsomeone who uses other people’s problems and suffering for their own advantage – used to show disapprovalHe hadn’t been dead five minutes before those vultures from the media were after his widow.